Tag: dui
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Pedestrian killed in Colorado Springs crash identified; driver arrested on suspicion of DUI
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The El Paso County Coroner’s Office has identified the driver, and the pedestrian who died in an early March car crash in Colorado Springs. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, on March 9 at 12:30 p.m., officers received reports of a pedestrian and vehicle…
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Colorado justices weigh DUI suspects’ right to refuse blood draw
The Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures means law enforcement must obtain a warrant or else rely on a specific exception to the warrant requirement, like the consent of the person being searched, to investigate a crime. But can Colorado law provide blanket consent for police to draw the blood of alleged drunk…
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Colorado Springs police officer sustains minor injuries in rollover crash Sunday
A Colorado Springs police officer was involved in a rollover crash on the east side of the city on Sunday evening, according to law enforcement officials. The officer, whose name was not released, sustained minor injuries, police said. At approximately 6:20 p.m. Sunday, the officer was making a left turn at the intersection of North…
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Colorado Springs police officer sustains minor injuries in rollover crash Sunday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs police officer was involved in a rollover crash on the east side of the city on Sunday evening, according to law enforcement officials. The officer, whose name was not released, sustained minor injuries, police said. At approximately 6:20 p.m. Sunday, the officer…
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2 injured amid suspected DUI crash in Colorado Springs, roadways reopen
Two people were hospitalized early Wednesday morning following a suspected DUI traffic crash in southeast Colorado Springs, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. Police said at 1:20 a.m., officers received reports of a crash near the 2700 block of South Academy Boulevard. Officers on the scene discovered one vehicle had crashed into a traffic…
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Driver who ran red light causing fatal crash in Colorado Springs charged, victim ID’d
It was a Monday afternoon at rush hour, when Colorado Springs police say Robert David Pearson, 28, drove through a red light at the intersection of Austin Bluffs Parkway and Meadow Lane. Pearson struck the vehicle of 66-year-old David Smith, who was declared dead at the scene. Pearson was booked into county jail the next…
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Colorado justices consider how changes in law should benefit defendants on appeal
When the Colorado Supreme Court decided in late 2020 that defendants charged with felony drunk driving offenses were being tried and convicted contrary to the law’s design, it resulted in the reversal of many DUI convictions on appeal. The government argued against overturning the conviction of one affected defendant, Charles James Crabtree, because the trial court’s…
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Coban Porter appears in court facing four felony charges
Following the traffic death of Katharina Rothman, Coban Porter, a DU basketball player and brother of Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., appeared in court
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Suspected DUI driver slices car on tree in Colorado Springs
Police suspect a driver was under the influence after smashing a car into a tree near downtown Colorado Springs early Friday morning, law enforcement said. The driver was critically injured after plowing into a tree in the 800 block of East Platte Avenue around 1 a.m., mangling the car, police said. The left side of…